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Granted Patent B2
US 10,385,866 · App. 15/113,470 · Granted Aug 20, 2019

Gas turbine engine airfoil

Inventors: Edward J. Gallagher (West Hartford, CT); Byron R. Monzon (Cromwell, CT); Ling Liu (Glastonbury, CT); Linda S. Li (Middlefield, CT); Darryl Whitlow (Middletown, CT); Barry M. Ford (Middletown, CT)
Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,385,866
App. No.
15/113,470
Granted
Aug 20, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one exemplary embodiment, an airfoil for a turbine engine includes pressure and suction sides extending in a radial direction from a 0% span position at an inner flow path location to a 100% span position at an airfoil tip. The airfoil geometry corresponds to tangential leading and trailing edge curves and a tangential stacking offset curve. The airfoil extends from a root. A zero tangential reference point corresponds to tangential center of the root. Y LE corresponds to a tangential distance from a leading edge to the reference point at a given span position. Y TE corresponds to a tangential distance from a trailing edge to the reference point at a given span position. Yd corresponds to a tangential stacking offset at a given span position. (Y LE −Y d )/(Y d −Y TE ) at 40% span position is about 1.5 and (Y LE −Y d )/(Y d −Y TE ) at 20% span position is about 2.

Claims (16)

1. An airfoil for a turbine engine comprising:

pressure and suction sides extending in a radial direction from a 0% span position at an inner flow path location to a 100% span position at an airfoil tip, wherein the airfoil geometry corresponds to tangential leading and trailing edge curves and a tangential stacking offset curve, wherein the airfoil extends from a root, and a zero tangential reference point corresponds to tangential center of the root, Y LE corresponds to a tangential distance from a leading edge to the reference point at a given span position, Y TE corresponds to a tangential distance from a trailing edge to the reference point at the given span position, Y d corresponds to a tangential stacking offset at the given span position, wherein (Y LE −Y d )/(Y d −Y TE ) at 40% span position is 1.5+/−0.10 and (Y LE −Y d )/(Y d −Y TE ) at 20% span position is 2+/−0.10.

2. The airfoil according to claim 1 , wherein (Y LE −Y d )/(Y d −Y TE ) at 100% span position is about 1.1 and (Y LE −Y d )/(Y d −Y TE ) at 90% span position is 1.3+/−0.10.

3. The airfoil according to claim 2 , wherein (Y LE −Y d )/(Y d −Y TE ) at 60% span position is about 1.8 and (Y LE −Y d )/(Y d −Y TE ) at 50% span position is 0.75+/−0.10.

4. The airfoil according to claim 1 , wherein (Y LE −Y d )/(Y d −Y TE ) at 100% span position is about 1 and (Y LE −Y d )/(Y d −Y TE ) at 90% span position is 1.2+/−0.10.

5. The airfoil according to claim 4 , wherein (Y LE −Y d )/(Y d −Y TE ) at 60% span position is about 1.3 and (Y LE −Y d )/(Y d −Y TE ) at 50% span position is 1.4+/−0.10.

6. The airfoil according to claim 1 , wherein (Y LE −Y d )/(Y d −Y TE ) at 100% span position is about 1.1 and (Y LE −Y d )/(Y d −Y TE ) at 90% span position is 1+/−0.10.

7. The airfoil according to claim 6 , wherein (Y LE −Y d )/(Y d −Y TE ) at 60% span position is about 1.4 and (Y LE −Y d )/(Y d −Y TE ) at 50% span position is 1.2+/−0.10.

8. The airfoil according to claim 1 , wherein the airfoil is a fan blade for a gas turbine engine.

9. The airfoil according to claim 1 , wherein (Y LE −Y d )/(Y d −Y TE ) has a tolerance of +/−0.05.

10. A gas turbine engine comprising:

a combustor section arranged between a compressor section and a turbine section;

a fan section having an array of twenty-six or fewer fan blades, wherein the fan section has a fan pressure ratio of less than 1.55;

a geared architecture coupling the fan section to the turbine section or the compressor section; and

wherein the fan blades include an airfoil having pressure and suction sides, the airfoil extends in a radial direction from a 0% span position at an inner flow path location to a 100% span position at an airfoil tip, wherein the airfoil geometry corresponds to tangential leading and trailing edge curves and a tangential stacking offset curve, wherein the airfoil extends from a root, and a zero tangential reference point corresponds to tangential center of the root, Y LE corresponds to a tangential distance from a leading edge to the reference point at the given span position, Y TE corresponds to a tangential distance from a trailing edge to the reference point at the given span position, Y d corresponds to a tangential stacking offset at the given span position, wherein (Y LE −Y d )/(Y d −Y TE ) at 40% span position is 1.5+/−0.10 and (Y LE −Y d )/(Y d −Y TE ) at 20% span position is 2+/−0.10.

11. The gas turbine engine according to claim 10 , wherein (Y LE −Y d )/(Y d −Y TE ) has a tolerance of +/−0.05.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RTX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064714/0001 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE AND REMOVE PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11886281 AND ADD PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 14846874. TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054062 FRAME: 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Recorded Mar 4, 2021
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055659/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 4, 2020
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054062/0001 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61941752 · Feb 19, 2014
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